[Terabitten]

Roger Calero has gotten his name on the ballot in several states despite being an admitted non citizen in two presidential elections so far.

It's an interesting quirk of constitutional law. The Constitution doesn't forbid, say, a 21 year old felon from Argentina from *running* for office, they simply can't *hold* office. Now, since the latter obviously follows from the former, you'd think that there would be a requirement to prove that you meet the Constitutional requirements when filing to run, but there isn't.

[cripplecreek]

It's an interesting quirk of constitutional law. The Constitution doesn't forbid, say, a 21 year old felon from Argentina from *running* for office, they simply can't *hold* office.

True. I think it's a result of the constution being written at a time when people were generally assumed to be honest or it was believed that no one who couldn't hold office would try. It does need to be fixed.

If Roger Calero's history were unknown and he won the general election, I wonder if so many would be willing to give him a pass.